Authorities from central Quang Nam province need to do more to increase the number of local ethnic minority people escaping poverty and fully benefiting from the State’s social welfare policies.
Developing community-based tourism is expected to help local residents improve their living standards and promote their cultural values, a senior tourism official said at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 26 on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Preparations for a meeting in Japan to promote investment in the Mekong Delta’s agricultural sector were discussed by officials from relevant agencies and regional localities in Can Tho city on September 26.
Vietnamese athletes won two bronze medals at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on September 26.
Finnish enterprises said they are impressed by Vietnam’s investment potential during a working session with Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on September 26 in Helsinki.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Dang Ngoc Tung hosted a reception for General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) George Mavrikos in Hanoi on September 26.
Measures for improving health care for Vietnam ’s aged population were the focus of a conference organised by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Hanoi on September 26.
The eighth Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on September 26 discussed and approved the organisation’s Charter and personnel plan for the eighth tenure (2014-2019).
Vietnam wishes to enhance its collaboration with Japan in a bid to develop the two countries’ strategic partnership in a sustainable and long-term manner, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada during a reception in Hanoi on September 26.
Archaeologists have recently made public numerous artefacts they had found during the latest excavation off the Truong Sa, Nam Yet, Phan Vinh and Son Ca islands in central coastal Khanh Hoa province.